PBDB Collection

Dominican amber, El Valle locality (AMNH collection) (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.0° N, 69.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.8° N, 68.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yanigua Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

• Older dates for Dominican amber were Upper Eocene or Oligocene, but it is now dated as Miocene.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: V. B. Golub and Y. A. Popov. 2000. New Cenozoic lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Paleontological Journal 34(Suppl 3):S290-S297 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 125970: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Diptera - Scatopsidae	Procolobostema roseni¹ Procolobostema roseni¹ Amorim 1998 minute black scavenger fly AMNH DR-6-43, DR-6-40
Diptera - Sciaridae	Archicratyna arcana³ Archicratyna arcana³ Mohrig and Röschmann 2005 dark-winged fungus gnat AMNH DR-5-56
Diptera - Tephritidae	Protortalotrypeta grimaldii n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Protortalotrypeta grimaldii n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Norrbom 1994 fruit fly
Diptera - Drosophilidae	Miomyia io n. gen. n. sp.² Miomyia io n. gen. n. sp.² Grimaldi 1987 fruit fly
Diptera - Ceratopogonidae	Brachypogon (Isohelea) dominicanus⁵, Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) sp.⁶, Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) chrysosuccinea n. sp.⁶, Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) antilleana⁶, Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) domibicolor⁶ Brachypogon (Isohelea) dominicanus⁵ Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 biting midge Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) sp.⁶ Kieffer 1917 biting midge AMNH DR-6-23, DR-6-42 Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) chrysosuccinea n. sp.⁶ Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 biting midge AMNH DR-6-35 Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) antilleana⁶ Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 biting midge AMNH DR-6-42 Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) domibicolor⁶ Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 biting midge AMNH DR-6-127
Hemiptera - Tingidae	Leptopharsa evsyunini n. sp. Leptopharsa evsyunini n. sp. Golub and Popov 2000 lace bug AMNH DR-10-44

¹Amorim 1998; ²Grimaldi 1987; ³Mohrig and Röschmann 2005; ⁴Norrbom 1994; ⁵Szadziewski and Grogan 1998; ⁶Szadziewski and Grogan 1998